o that's the lassie o' my heart

    tune—“morag.”

    o wat ye wha that lo'es me

    and has my heart a-keeping?

    o sweet is she that lo'es me,

    as dews o' summer weeping,

    in tears the rosebuds steeping!

    chorus—o that's the lassie o' my heart,

    my lassie ever dearer;

    o she's the queen o' womankind,

    and ne'er a ane to peer her.

    if thou shalt meet a lassie,

    in grace and beauty charming,

    that e'en thy chosen lassie,

    erewhile thy breast sae warming,

    had ne'er sic powers alarming;

    o that's the lassie, &c.

    if thou hadst heard her talking,

    and thy attention's plighted,

    that ilka body talking,

    but her, by thee is slighted,

    and thou art all delighted;

    o that's the lassie, &c.

    if thou hast met this fair one,

    when frae her thou hast parted,

    if every other fair one

    but her, thou hast deserted,

    and thou art broken-hearted,

    o that's the lassie o' my heart,

    my lassie ever dearer;

    o that's the queen o' womankind,

    and ne'er a ane to peer her.